Argonne mechanical engineer Steve Ciatti takes a crack at some of the more persistent myths surrounding the technology of diesel engines. Credit: Argonne National Laboratory
Posted on 06/15/2011 6:07:50 AM PDT by Red Badger
Argonne mechanical engineer Steve Ciatti takes a crack at some of the more persistent myths surrounding the technology of diesel engines. Credit: Argonne National Laboratory
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Rest In Peace, old friend, your work is finished.....
If you want ON or OFF the DIESEL ”KnOcK” LIST just FReepmail me.....
This is a fairly HIGH VOLUME ping list on some days.....
I have a Duramax with 230K and it runs like it did the day it came off the show room floor. Never had to tune it up or do anything to it but change oil & filters. And I have worked it hard as a tow vehicle. I only wish GM had not changed because I would never buy a new one from them now. I'm forced to make this one last and it is doing a great job of doing just that.
Diesel engines, stink, very loud, and require regular maintenance, and #2 will jell in very cold weather.
I don’t care about the particulate matter; I care about the stink. VW diesels used to stink to high heaven. Are the new requirements doing anything about the stink, or just making it invisible?
#6
When the truck wears out, you can out a new body on your engine............
The new ones have a different odor, for sure. Removal of sulfur from fuel was a big help in the stink area. Newer fuel delivery systems have reduced the pollution and the particulates.
Now, they smell, to me anyway, like a campfire / wood stove burning..............
Well I happen to love she smell of D2 in the morning.
The new ones don’t smell like the old ones.................
What year is your truck?
Last summer I transported GrandPa's Dodge Ram pickup from California to Virginia. Included in the back was a 1/2 ton of river rock from GrandPa's property as a special gift. So we were pulling some weight.
I remember climbing a fairly steep grade in Wyoming on I-80, at over 7500' at the time. I was holding the speed limit of 75, the overdrive was locked down, and I was passing everything in sight.
That was a mad moment!
Don't get out much, do you?............
I got my first diesel car in 1996, and never looked back. That one, I just sold (315,000 miles) to a friend, who loves it.
My 2nd diesel car has 148,000 miles on it (my daily driver), and I just got our 3rd diesel for my wife - brand new - about 400 miles.
Well, bio-diesel solves some of the cold weather gelling issues.
If made from old oil from restaurants (now jealously guarded!) the exhaust can smell like any designer fragrance from french fires to fish.
Turbo diesel just won Le Mans...
I bet that has the Greenie-Weenies pulling their hair out...................
20 years ago you would be closer to right. You are far off, now. They do not stink and the fuel in cold weather is not a problem, as it states in the article. The newer ones don't even rattle. Remember the diesel pickups in 1990? You couldn't carry on any sort of conversation near a running one. Now it is no worse than a car and depends entirely on the muffler used.
If it comes from a Chinese Restaurant it smells like #27................
The newer VW diesels are sweet.
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